Victory

Beat to Quarters

C.S. Forester · 324 pages

Hornblower, captain of the 36-gun frigate Lydia, sets course for Spain and Nicaragua in his ongoing quest to cut Napoleon's lines wherever he crosses them.

Master and Commander

Patrick O'Brian · 416 pages

This is book 1 in the Aubrey/Maturin series. Here is the maiden voyage of O'Brian's acclaimed Aubrey-Maturin series, which follows the unique friendship between Captain Aubrey, R.N., and Stephen Maturin, ship's surgeon and intelligence agent, against the backdrop of the Napoleonic wars. O'Brian renders in riveting detail the life aboard a man-of-war in Nelson's navy: the conversational idiom of th

The King's Coat

Dewey Lambdin · 384 pages

Ramage & the Drumbeat

Dudley Pope · 255 pages

Stand into Danger

Alexander Kent, Douglas Reeman · 300 pages

To Glory We Steer

Alexander Kent · 384 pages

The Golden Lion

Wilbur Smith, Giles Kristian · 402 pages

"The son of pirate and merchant Sir Frances Courtney, Henry "Hal" Courtney was raised at sea. When war broke out between the English and the Dutch empires, his father, fighting for the English crown, attacked a fleet of Dutch East India Company ships off the coast of Africa. That bravery was met with betrayal, and Sir Francis was executed. His heartbroken son witnessed his death and dedicated his

Pirates of the Levant

Arturo Perez-Reverte · 288 pages

"Alatriste is back - this time on the high seas! Accompanied by his faithful companion Inigo, the captain joins a Spanish galleon and sets sail from Naples towards the east on a journey that will take them to Melilla, Oran, and finally Malta where they must struggle against the Turk. On board they will have many adventures, including an encounter with The Moor Gurriato. Now seventeen, Inigo is sti

Sharpe's Devil

Bernard Cornwell · 322 pages

An honored veteran of the Napolenic Wars, Lt. Col. Richard Sharpe is drawn into a deadly battle, both on land and on the high seas. The year is 1820, and military hero Richard Sharpe has quietly passed the years since the Battle of Waterloo as a farmer. Suddenly, his peaceful retirement is disturbed when he and the intrepid Patrick Harper are called to the Spanish colony of Chile to find Don Blas

Throne of Jade

Naomi Novik · 399 pages

When Britain intercepted a French ship and its precious cargo--an unhatched dragon's egg--Capt. Will Laurence of HMS Reliant unexpectedly became master and commander of the noble dragon he named Temeraire. As new recruits in Britain's Aerial Corps, man and dragon soon proved their mettle in daring combat against Bonaparte's invading forces. Now China has discovered that its rare gift, intended for

Rebel

John Clagett · 197 pages

A novel of the Confederate Navy, the River War, and the Coastal War. Huger, a naval academy graduate, serves on rivers and oceans, and commands a Southern ironclad. Romance with a happy ending.

The Privateersman

Andrew Wareham · 208 pages

Tai-Pan

James Clavell · 601 pages

"It is the early 19th century, when European traders and adventurers first began to penetrate the forbidding Chinese mainland. And it is in this exciting time and exotic place that a giant of an Englishman, Dirk Straun, sets out to turn the desolate island of Hong Kong into an impregnable fortress of British power, and to make himself supreme ruler-- Tai-Pan!"--P. [4] of cover.

False Colors

Alex Beecroft · 333 pages

For his first command, John Cavendish is given the elderly bomb vessel HMS Meteor, and a crew as ugly as the ship. He’s determined to make a success of their first mission, and hopes the well-liked lieutenant Alfie Donwell can pull the crew together before he has to lead them into battle: stopping the slave trade off the coast of Algiers. Alfie knows that with a single ship, however well manne

South by Java Head

Alistair MacLean · 272 pages

A classic World War 2 adventure set in south-east Asia. February, 1942: Singapore lies burning and shattered, defenceless before the conquering hordes of the Japanese Army, as the last boat slips out of the harbour into the South China Sea. On board are a desperate group of people, each with a secret to guard, each willing to kill to keep that secret safe. Who or what is the dissolute Englishman,

Kidnapped

Robert Louis Stevenson · 278 pages

KIDNAPPED is an adventure story that has become the model for any thriller of escape and suspense. Set in 1751, the flight of David Balfour and Alan Breck across the Highlands of Scotland is based on real events. Though he wrote the book to make money, while living as an invalid in Bournemouth. Stevenson was proud of it; he inscribed a presentation copy with the couplet. Here is the one sound

Ballad of the Salt Sea: A Corto Maltese adventure

Hugo Pratt · 169 pages

Corsair

Tim Severin · 395 pages

Seventeen-year-old Hector Lynch and his sister Elizabeth are taken prisoner by slave catchers. Hector's life plunges into a turbulent and lawless world that is full of surprises. Separated from Elizabeth, he is sold to the slave market of Algiers. There, he survives with the help of his newfound friend Dan, a Miskito Indian from the Caribbean.

Silver

Andrew Motion · 404 pages

July, 1802. In the marshy eastern reaches of the Thames lies the Hispaniola, an inn kept by Jim Hawkins and his son. Young Jim spends his days roaming the mist-shrouded estuaries, running errands for his father and listening to his stories in the taproom; tales of adventures on the high seas, of curses, murder and revenge, black spots and buried treasure - and of a man with a wooden leg. Late one

Lady Vixen

Shirlee Busbee · 538 pages

Beautiful, headstrong Nicole Ashford, 18, was yet untouched by passion, but destined for adventure - and pleasure - beyond anything a woman of her time had ever known. Outwitting a ruthless plot against her, she fled her aristocratic England home on a privateer's ship bound for the luxurious pirate havens of New Orleans - and exquisite abandon in Bermuda's hidden coves. Yet the very daring of h

With Fire and Sword

Henryk Sienkiewicz · 745 pages

The Tiger's Prey: A Novel of Adventure

Wilbur Smith, Tom Harper · 432 pages

Erak's Ransom

John Flanagan

The Wake of the Lorelei Lee: Being an Account of the Adventures of Jacky Faber, on her Way to Botany Bay

L.A. Meyer

Jacky Faber, rich from her exploits diving for Spanish gold, has purchased the *Lorelei Lee* to carry passengers across the Atlantic. Believing she has been absolved of past sins against the Crown, Jacky docks in London to take on her crew, but is instead arrested and sentenced to life in the newly formed penal colony in Australia. To add insult to injury, the *Lorelei Lee* is confiscated to ca